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BAKER, PETER CARPENTER, publisher, author, was born
March 25, 1822, in North Hempstead, N. Y. In 1865 he
established the law-publishing firm of Baker, Voorhis and
Co., which is still in existence and has a large catalogue. Mr.
Baker was one of the founders of the Metropolitan Literary
association, edited the Steam Press, a patriotic periodical,
during the civil war (1861-5), and originated the plan for a
statue of Benjamin Franklin in Printing-house square, New
York, which was given by Albert De Groot. He has published
addresses and monographs.